DPS to AMARCO RINTIS SUPPLY

What is causing the forward motion of a stopped vessel using continous bow thruster action?
by Capt. H. Cauvier

Does the growth of ships ever have limits? Perhaps less in shipbuilding than in the handling of the ships during piloting.

Occurrence Brief from the ATSB (Australia)

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The IUG would informs about the latest developments in the field of the International Standard for Pilot Organizations.

PSA Marine has awarded a contract to Lita Ocean to build 2 units of a new-generation, heavy-duty and high-speed pilot launch.

Delta Launch Services, the operating company for the Associated Branch pilots on the SW Pass of the Mississippi, has taken delivery of a new pilot boat from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation. This is the sixth St. John’s Class launch built for the Delta pilots by the Somerset, Mass. shipyard.

The Louisiade People's Foundation (LPF) has raised serious concern that a Pilotage Service Expression of Interest advertisement has been done without much consultation with the people of the Jomard Passage.

A container ship is reported to be stranded off the coast of Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Tracker lists the ship as the Ever Forward and that it is aground. It appears there are several tugboats out of Baltimore trying to assist. The company that operates the ship, Evergreen, is the same one that was responsible for the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal a year ago.

Clear statements from Fremantle Pilots and Fremantle Ports to ensure the safety of pilot transfers.